Salah, Amal and Rehab are joined by their cousins, as they warm their hands in front of a fire in an Informal Tented Settlement in Jordan.

Syrian children have been displaced across Syria and surrounding countries, in areas which can be extremely cold in winter.

UNICEF is working around the clock to token and deliver life-saving winter clothing and thermal blankets before the worst weather hits.

The war in Syria has left many children with little more than the clothes on their backs.

As snow falls and temperatures plummet, children like Khadeejia’s daily struggle for survival gets even tougher.

Amaan, age 4 is one of the children who received a UNICEF winter clothing kit last year. He now attends a centre where he is able to learn, play and overcome trauma.

Syrian children Alie (5), Hanan (4), Fatima (3) and Ahmed (1) open up their boxes of winter clothing and thermal blankets.

Arkan, age 10, received life-saving winter clothing at a UNICEF supported children’s centre for Syrian refugees in Jordan. She tells us that her favourite thing is drawing.

Faraat (7) and her brother Rahaf (5) open up their winter clothing kits in Irbid, Jordan.

Saving a child's life begins with a blanket

The war in Syria has left many children with little more than the clothes on their backs. But with your support, we can get life-saving blankets and winter clothing to even the most vulnerable and hardest to reach
kids.